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Letters PatcntvNo. 88,666, dated April 6, 1869.

To all whom 'it ma/y concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. PERRY, ofKingston, in the county of Washington, and State of Rhode Island, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Cutters; and dohereby declare the l accompanying drawings, making part of thisspecification, and to the letters and numbers of reference markedthereon, similar let ters and numbers being used in all the figures todenote the same part.

In these drawings- Figure 1 is a pelspective view of the machine open.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the knives and knife-block. l

Figure 3 s a vertical lcross-section of the machine.

The construction is as follows:

B is a case of metal, made in the shape of two cylinders, placed' sideby side, and divided horizontally into two parts, which are hingedtogether.

The shafts A A are put. in through the-centres of the cylindrical partsof the case, and turn in bearings' -at each end.

A recess, x, is made in the bottom of the case B, in which is placed ablock, S', in which is cast a row of knives, a a a, placed crossways ofthecase.v

c c c are studs, one or more spiral rows of which are cast solid to'each of the shafts A A', said studs cor- These studs c c are so shaped,by bevelling out the slots between them, on the back, that they can becast without the necessity of being separated with cutters afterwards,which saves much labor in making them.

o and o' are two gear-wheels, fastened on the shafts, at the end of thecase, and meshing into each other, so that one shaft may drive theother.

is an opening in the top, to feed the meat into the machine.

D is a discharging aperture in the other end of the case.

The mode of operating itis as follows:

The shafts b ing put in motion, by turning the crank J, the meat 1s fedin through the openmg, and is by which it 1s cut, or minced spiralposition of the studs, is carried toward the other end of the case,where it passes out at the opening D.

Having thus described my meat-cutter, What I claim as my invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isf- The combination and arrangementof the knives a Y BENJAMIN ARNOLD, WILLIAM D. ARNOLD.

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